It's not just that I like to crochet, I just can't stop doing it! I've written one book and contributed to a couple of others. If there are any publishers out there looking for an author for a brand new crochet book, look no further...

I am happy to take on commissions – click the link at the top of the main page to email me.
I work in a wide range of media, including papier maché, crochet and knitting, embroidery and collage. This is just a small selection of work...

My collection of vintage annuals started with a single book, found on holiday about 10 years ago. The book was falling apart, so I salvaged some of the pages to use as collage material. From then on, when I came across an old annual, as long as the price was right I bought it. I wasn′t prepared to pay too much. I cleared some shelves in the guest room and, once these were full, I promised myself I would stop collecting. I didnt stop but I did slow down. I have photographed the covers of some of the best ones and have created a photo album to share. I will also put some of these on Pinterest where I am sure they will be discovered by others who love the colourful, quirky, nostalgic illustrations.

As a member of Blackheath Art Society I always look forward to the annual Open Studios event. This year I will have plenty of work on show, including watercolour paintings and textiles. I've also been doing some circus-themed drawing recently, of which this is an example (in progress). For more details of the BAS Open Studios, visit the website:http://blackheathartsociety.org.uk/#/open-studios/4565368140

My 18-year-old daughter Edith is currently travelling around Europe with her friend Alice. This morning I received in the post this lovely hand-drawn postcard, documenting the places she had visited in the first few days of her three-week trip... Paris, Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam and Berlin. This lovely artwork was posted in Krakow a few days later. I feel so privileged that she took the time to create this artwork and send me such a lovely, personal greeting... Thank you, sweetie!

One of my painting students gave me a lovely posy of lilies of the valley which lasted only a few days but looked delightful in a little china jug on the table in my back yard. The cheerful yellow colour of the jug with the whites and neutrals of the wall, the seashells and the scales, and the perfect purple pansy were so pretty I just had to take a picture.

I have signed up to participate in the Blackheath Art Society's Open Studios 2008. This will take place on the weekends of 19th/20th and 26th/27th April. There are 18 studios to visit, around Blackheath and Greenwich, and you can get full details by visiting www.blackheath artsociety.org.uk. As I haven't got a studio at the moment, I will be displaying my work at home. I'll have lots of watercolours on show (such as this little sketch of my daughter, Edith), as well as crocheted bags, books and a few other things. Fingers crossed that, with the doors wide open, the weather will be nice and warm.

Nicky Sanderson (check out her artEscapes website; there's a link on this page) was artist in residence at Catterline for the month of June and invited me to spend some time there with her. Catterline is a clifftop settlement of a couple of dozen houses, a school and a pub; we stayed at The Watchie, an artist's studio once used by Joan Eardley who produced so many evocative drawings and paintings of the location and its changeable weather. Seaside locations provide wonderful inspiration and being able to set up an easel in the garden and look across the bay at the cliffs jutting out into the sea and the wave-splashed rocks was very exciting indeed.